Governing in 2015 with much less money
Last week Ed Miliband set out how we plan to control social security spending by focusing on the…
Spending
8 things we learned about Labour last week
Last week was a big one for Labour, with major speeches from both Ed Balls and Ed Miliband.…
Ed Balls still feels the need to address Labour’s left rather than the nation
This morning I woke up with a sense of foreboding following the weekend press coverage. Ed Balls was…
A shrinking state is a right-wing fantasy
Yesterday on LabourList Adam Lent argued that the Labour Party has been overrun by ‘vulgar Fabianism’. In saying…
A genuinely radical Labour Party would adore the state far less
Judging by the broad, if sometimes shaky, support Ed Miliband enjoys from the Labour left, there is a…
No Labour Chancellor should contemplate adopting Osborne’s economic figures
In the new edition of the Fabian Review magazine, I make the case for Labour to ignore the temptation to…
For an honest debate on welfare spending; we need a Department for OAPs
It has been a historic week for our welfare system. Seven million families with at least one person…
Labour MEPs vote against plans to overturn EU budget deal
As expected, Labour MEPs today voted against plans to amend the EU budget deal – otherwise known as…
Painful spending choices will happen, even if a future Labour chancellor can avoid an outright cut in expenditure
P.G Wodehouse said ‘it is a good rule in life never to apologise’. As he delivered a grim…
Stats Chief tells Cameron and Hunt ‘stop saying NHS spending is up’
An auspicious start to a big day for the Tory Party, as David Cameron and Jeremy Hunt are…
